Finished a novel for a friend; Writing Roadblock
August 25, 2011 in General Topics
I recently had the pleasure to read the first draft of Gareth D. Jones’ novel Gap Years. I’m impressed.
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“The Eighteenth Floor”, Honorable Mention, Best Horror of the Year Volume 1 (2008)
August 5, 2011 in General Topics
Holy crap. How did I miss this? Apparently last year none other than Ellen Datlow included my tale “The Eighteenth Floor” (Something Wicked SF & Horror Magazine #8) in the Honorable Mention list for the anthology “Best Horror of the Year, Volume 1”, for stories published in 2008.
Thank you, Mrs. Datlow. I doubt you’ll ever read this, but I deeply appreciate such an honor.
Update on The Tyrant Stratagem
August 2, 2011 in General Topics
So I think I’ve finally crossed the imaginary boundary with the comments received back from the Expert Reader, in which I’ve hopefully made enough revisions to satisfy any lingering concerns he or I had about the story as a whole.
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All quiet out there; update on editing
July 25, 2011 in General Topics
I’m still waiting to hear back on, well — all of my stories. The latest ones were submitted in the middle of June, so I should start getting some sort of pop back anytime soon. In the meantime, editing continues on The Tyrant Stratagem.
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On fire (and so, I worry)
July 11, 2011 in General Topics
Right now, I feel like I am hitting on all cylinders. All my fiction I needed to sub is out there in the wild, I am editing up a flurry on my novel (the reader feedback was quite useful, so I’m revising once more before getting back into submissions), and I find story ideas coming forward in a torrent. But it’s not enough.
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